Few days ago we showed students and new users how to install BlogoText on Ubuntu with Apache2 web server support… This post shows you how to use Nginx instead…

If you want to get BlogoText with Nginx support, the steps below should be a great place to start…

BlogoText is an open source, lightweight, web publishing platform (CMS) for creating minimalist blogs and websites…. Use this blog engine to built sites that has built-in RSS feeds, links sharing, drag n’ drop image upload and many more features….

This CMS is built on the LAMP or LEMP stack….. It lets you focus on building content by leveraging its easy managment portal designs and technical quality without the bloats…

Whether you’re creating a personal or business website, BlogoText CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its modern user and admin interface….

This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to install BlogoText CMS on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 LTS.

Step 1: Install Nginx HTTP Server on Ubuntu

Nginx HTTP Server is the second most popular web server in use… so install it, since BlogoText CMS needs it..

To install nginx HTTP on Ubuntu server, run the commands below…

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable Nginx service to always start up with the server boots.

To test Nginx setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address and you should see Nginx default test page as shown below.. When you see that, then Nginx is working as expected..

http://localhost

Step 2: Install MariaDB Database Server

MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open source database servers to use with Magento… To install MariaDB run the commands below…

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

After installing MariaDB, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable MariaDB service to always start up when the server boots..

Step 3: Restart Nginx

After installing PHP and related modules, all you have to do is restart Nginx to reload PHP configurations…

To restart Nginx, run the commands below

sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

Step 4: Create BlogoText Database

Now that you’ve installed all the packages that are required for BlogoText CMS to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First run the commands below to create a blank Magento database.

Step 6: Configure Nginx BlogoText CMS Site

Finally, configure Nginx configuration file for BlogoText CMS . This file will control how users access BlogoText CMS content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called blogotext

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/blogotext

Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your own domain name and directory root location.